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A searchable index of real negative results, null findings, and replication failures from the published literature — so you can learn what didn't work before repeating it.

WASTE indexes published research — it does not host or republish full papers. Each entry is a metadata record (title, authors, DOI) compiled from open scholarly databases, with the abstract shown in full only where the paper is openly licensed (e.g. Creative Commons); otherwise a short excerpt is shown for reference under fair use. WASTE classifies each work by failure type; classifications are automated and approximate.

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Insights into KMT2A rearrangements in acute myeloid leukemia: from molecular characteristics to targeted therapies

Sara Zehtabcheh, Hamed Soleimani Samarkhazan, Marjan Asadi et al. · 2025 · Biomarker Research

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with KMT2A rearrangements (KMT2A-r) represents a highly aggressive and prognostically unfavorable subtype of leukemia, often resistant to standard treatments and associated with high relapse rates. KMT2A-r, found in 3-10% of adult AML cases, disrupt epigenetic regulation by forming chimeric proteins that activate oncogenic pathways like HOXA and MEIS1. These fusion proteins recruit cofactors such as Menin and DOT1L, driving leukemogenesis through abnormal histone methylation. Diagnosing KMT2A-r AML requires precision, with traditional methods like FISH and RT-PCR b

View details →DOI: 10.1186/s40364-025-00786-yCited by 39
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Comparison of placebo and best available therapy for the treatment of myelofibrosis in the phase 3 COMFORT studies

Ruben A. Mesa, Jean‐Jacques Kiladjian, Srđan Verstovšek et al. · 2013 · Haematologica

Prior to Janus kinase inhibitors, available therapies for myelofibrosis were generally supportive and did not improve survival. This analysis compares efficacy outcomes of patients with myelofibrosis in the control arms (placebo [n=154]…

View details →DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2013.087650Cited by 39
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

INHALE WP3, a multicentre, open-label, pragmatic randomised controlled trial assessing the impact of rapid, ICU-based, syndromic PCR, versus standard-of-care on antibiotic stewardship and clinical outcomes in hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated pneumonia

Virve I. Enne, Susan Stirling, Julie Barber et al. · 2025 · Intensive Care Medicine

PURPOSE: INHALE investigated the impact of seeking pathogens by PCR on antibiotic stewardship and clinical outcomes in hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated pneumonia (HAP and VAP). METHODS: This pragmatic multicentre, open-label RCT…

View details →DOI: 10.1007/s00134-024-07772-2Cited by 39
Negative / Null Result Report

Two-Year Outcomes After Deferral of Revascularization Based on Fractional Flow Reserve

Shoichi Kuramitsu, Hitoshi Matsuo, Tomohiro Shinozaki et al. · 2020 · Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

Background: The safety of fractional flow reserve (FFR)-based deferral of revascularization remains to be fully established in real-world practice. We sought to assess clinical outcomes after deferral of revascularization based on FFR.…

View details →DOI: 10.1161/circinterventions.119.008355Cited by 39
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessNeuroscience

Unconscious processing of facial dominance: The role of low-level factors in access to awareness.

Timo Stein, Deema Awad, Surya Gayet et al. · 2018 · Journal of Experimental Psychology General

Visual stimuli with social-emotional relevance have been claimed to gain preferential access to awareness. For example, recent studies used the breaking continuous flash suppression paradigm (b-CFS) to show that faces that are perceived as less dominant and more trustworthy are prioritized for awareness. Here we asked whether these effects truly reflect differences in social-emotional meaning or whether they can be equally explained by differences in low-level stimulus properties. In Experiment 1, we successfully replicated dominance- and untrustworthiness-related slowing for upright faces. Ho

View details →DOI: 10.1037/xge0000521Cited by 39
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessImmunology and Microbiology

Secretion of Mast Cell Inflammatory Mediators Is Enhanced by CADM1-Dependent Adhesion to Sensory Neurons

Rania Magadmi, Judit Mészáros, Zoheir A. Damanhouri et al. · 2019 · Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Neuroimmune interactions are important in the pathophysiology of many chronic inflammatory diseases, particularly those associated with alterations in sensory processing and pain. Mast cells and sensory neuron nerve endings are found in areas of the body exposed to the external environment; both are specialized to sense potential damage by injury or pathogens and signal to the immune system and nervous system respectively, to elicit protective responses. Cell adhesion molecule 1 (CADM1), also known as SynCAM1, has previously been identified as an adhesion molecule which may couple mast cells t

View details →DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2019.00262Cited by 39
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Mouth Rinsing With Carbohydrate Solutions at the Postprandial State Fail to Improve Performance During Simulated Cycling Time Trials

Theocharis Ispoglou, D. A. O’Kelly, Athanasia Angelopoulou et al. · 2015 · The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Mouth rinsing with carbohydrate (CHO) solutions during cycling time trials results in performance enhancements; however, most studies have used approximately 6% CHO solutions. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to compare the…

View details →DOI: 10.1519/jsc.0000000000000882Cited by 39
Negative / Null Result ReportPsychology

Validation of the Curiosity and Exploration Inventory–II (CEI–II) Among Chinese University Students in Hong Kong

Shengquan Ye, Ting Kin Ng, Kin Hang Yim et al. · 2015 · Journal of Personality Assessment

This study aimed at validating the Curiosity and Exploration Inventory-II (CEI-II; Kashdan et al., 2009 ) in a Chinese context. A total of 294 Chinese first-year undergraduate students in Hong Kong completed the CEI-II and measures of…

View details →DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2015.1013546Cited by 39
Negative / Null Result ReportHealth Professions

Development and Validation of the Chestnut Global Partners Workplace Outcome Suite

Richard D. Lennox, David A. Sharar, Eileen Schmitz et al. · 2010 · Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health

This article describes the development and validation of a five-item scale Workplace Outcome Suite designed as an open access instrument aimed at facilitating empirical research on Employee Assistance Program (EAP) interventions. The suite…

View details →DOI: 10.1080/15555241003760995Cited by 39
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessNeuroscience

Alterations in sleep, sleep spindle, and EEG power in mGluR5 knockout mice

David D. Aguilar, Robert E. Strecker, Radhika Basheer et al. · 2019 · Journal of Neurophysiology

The type 5 metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR5) represents a novel therapeutic target for schizophrenia and other disorders. Schizophrenia is associated with progressive abnormalities in cortical oscillatory processes including reduced…

View details →DOI: 10.1152/jn.00532.2019Cited by 39
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessNeuroscience

Time of day determines postexercise metabolism in mouse adipose tissue

Logan A. Pendergrast, L Lundell, Amy M. Ehrlich et al. · 2023 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The circadian clock is a cell-autonomous transcription–translation feedback mechanism that anticipates and adapts physiology and behavior to different phases of the day. A variety of factors including hormones, temperature, food-intake,…

View details →DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2218510120Cited by 39
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Different Genomic Changes Underlie Adaptive Evolution in Populations of Contrasting History

Sofia G. Seabra, Inês Fragata, Marta A. Antunes et al. · 2017 · Molecular Biology and Evolution

Experimental evolution is a powerful tool to understand the adaptive potential of populations under environmental change. Here, we study the importance of the historical genetic background in the outcome of evolution at the genome-wide level. Using the natural clinal variation of Drosophila subobscura, we sampled populations from two contrasting latitudes (Adraga, Portugal and Groningen, Netherlands) and introduced them in a new common environment in the laboratory. We characterized the genome-wide temporal changes underlying the evolutionary dynamics of these populations, which had previously

View details →DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msx247Cited by 39
Failed Experiment ReportOpen accessBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Prostate-Specific Antigen-Retargeted Recombinant Newcastle Disease Virus for Prostate Cancer Virotherapy

Shobana Raghunath, Siba K. Samal, Subbiah Elankumaran · 2013 · Journal of Virology

Oncolytic virus (OV) therapies of cancer are based on the use of replication-competent, tumor-selective viruses with limited toxicity. Newcastle disease virus (NDV), an avian paramyxovirus, is a promising OV and is inherently tumor…

View details →DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02394-12Cited by 39
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessEconomics, Econometrics and Finance

Assessing the effects of trade openness on sustainable development: evidence from India

Mehraj Ahmad Sheikh, Mushtaq Ahmad Malik, Rana Zehra Masood · 2020 · Asian Journal of Sustainability and Social Responsibility

Abstract Over the years, world market is integrating at much faster pace through increasing trade openness. Not being an unmixed blessing, consistent efforts have been made to examine impact of trade openness on economic, environmental and social welfare. This study is an attempt to empirically examine the implications of trade openness on sustainable development in India since liberalization policy 1991. We used the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model to test the relationship between sustainable development and trade openness along with other control variables that are supposed to aff

View details →DOI: 10.1186/s41180-019-0030-xCited by 39
Failed Experiment ReportOpen accessBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Degradation of Rural and Urban Great Tit Song: Testing Transmission Efficiency

Emily J. Mockford, Rupert C. Marshall, Torben Dabelsteen · 2011 · PLoS ONE

Acoustic signals play a fundamental role in avian territory defence and mate attraction. Several studies have now shown that spectral properties of bird song differ between urban and rural environments. Previously this has been attributed to competition for acoustic space as a result of low-frequency noise present in cities. However, the physical structure of urban areas may have a contributory effect. Here we investigate the sound degradation properties of woodland and city environments using both urban and rural great tit song. We show that although urban surroundings caused significantly le

View details →DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028242Cited by 39
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Effect on Virulence and Pathogenicity of H5N1 Influenza A Virus through Truncations of NS1 eIF4GI Binding Domain

Hongbo Zhou, Jiping Zhu, Jiagang Tu et al. · 2010 · The Journal of Infectious Diseases

To study the effect of NS1 eIF4GI binding domain on virulence and pathogenicity of H5N1 influenza A virus, 5 recombinant H5N1 viruses encoding eIF4GI binding domain-truncated NS1 proteins and parental NS1 (NS1‐wt) were generated by an…

View details →DOI: 10.1086/656536Cited by 39
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessPsychology

Negative shocks predict change in cognitive function and preferences: assessing the negative affect and stress hypothesis

Francesco Bogliacino, Cristiano Codagnone, Felipe Montealegre et al. · 2021 · Scientific Reports

In the context of the current COVID-19 pandemic, households throughout the world have to cope with negative shocks. Previous research has shown that negative shocks impair cognitive function and change risk, time and social preferences. In this study, we analyze the results of a longitudinal multi-country survey conducted in Italy (N = 1652), Spain (N = 1660) and the United Kingdom (N = 1578). We measure cognitive function using the Cognitive Reflection Test and preferences traits (risk, time and social preferences) using an experimentally validated set of questions to assess the differences b

View details →DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-83089-0Cited by 39
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessNeuroscience

Gene–environment interaction in externalizing problems among adolescents: evidence from the Pelotas 1993 Birth Cohort Study

Christian Kieling, Mara Helena Hutz, Júlia Pasqualini Genro et al. · 2012 · Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

BACKGROUND: The study of gene-environment interactions (G × E) is one of the most promising strategies to uncover the origins of mental disorders. Replication of initial findings, however, is essential because there is a strong possibility…

View details →DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12022Cited by 39
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Characterization of H5N2 influenza viruses isolated in South Korea and their influence on the emergence of a novel H9N2 influenza virus

Hye-Ryoung Kim, Choi-Ku Park, Jae‐Ku Oem et al. · 2010 · Journal of General Virology

We characterized low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) H5N2 and H9N2 viruses isolated in South Korea from 2008 to 2009. Genetic analysis of the H5N2 viruses isolated from wild birds and domestic ducks demonstrated that they were related to…

View details →DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.021238-0Cited by 39
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Raltegravir-intensified initial antiretroviral therapy in advanced HIV disease in Africa: A randomised controlled trial

Cissy Kityo, Alexander J. Szubert, Abraham Siika et al. · 2018 · PLoS Medicine

BACKGROUND: In sub-Saharan Africa, individuals infected with HIV who are severely immunocompromised have high mortality (about 10%) shortly after starting antiretroviral therapy (ART). This group also has the greatest risk of morbidity and mortality associated with immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS), a paradoxical response to successful ART. Integrase inhibitors lead to significantly more rapid declines in HIV viral load (VL) than all other ART classes. We hypothesised that intensifying standard triple-drug ART with the integrase inhibitor, raltegravir, would reduce HIV VL fast

View details →DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002706Cited by 39
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessHealth Professions

Significant Differences in Nurses’ Knowledge of Basic Wound Management – Implications for Treatment

Kian Zarchi, S Latif, Vibeke B. Haugaard et al. · 2014 · Acta Dermato Venereologica

Wounds represent a growing healthcare problem due to an aging population. Nurses play a key role in wound management and their theoretical understanding of basic wound management may be expected to influence the quality of wound therapy…

View details →DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1770Cited by 39
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Novel agents and strategies for overcoming EGFR TKIs resistance

Feiyu Niu, Yi‐Long Wu · 2014 · Experimental Hematology and Oncology

Since the recognition of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) as a therapeutic target, EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) have been used in lung cancer patients with EGFR mutations, which has been a major breakthrough for lung cancer treatment.. The progression-free survival (PFS) of patients with EGFR mutations treated with EGFR TKIs is significantly prolonged compared with that of patients who underwent standard chemotherapy. However, all patients who initially respond to EGFR TKIs eventually develop acquired resistance (AR). Many small molecule agents and monoclonal antibodies (McAb)

View details →DOI: 10.1186/2162-3619-3-2Cited by 39
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Primary mucosal melanoma of the head and neck in Denmark, 1982–2012: Demographic and clinical aspects. A retrospective DAHANCA study

Mads Lawaetz, Fatima Birch‐Johansen, Søren Friis et al. · 2016 · Acta Oncologica

Background The study was performed to determine the epidemiological, clinical, and histopathological characteristics and prognosis of primary mucosal melanoma of the head and neck (MMHN) in Denmark. Material and methods This was a national…

View details →DOI: 10.3109/0284186x.2016.1143117Cited by 39
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Triple blockade of EGFR, MEK and PD-L1 has antitumor activity in colorectal cancer models with constitutive activation of MAPK signaling and PD-L1 overexpression

Stefania Napolitano, Nunzia Matrone, A. L. Muddassir et al. · 2019 · Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research

BACKGROUND: Molecular mechanisms driving acquired resistance to anti-EGFR therapies in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) are complex but generally involve the activation of the downstream RAS-RAF-MEK-MAPK pathway. Nevertheless, even if inhibition of EGFR and MEK could be a strategy for overcoming anti-EGFR resistance, its use is limited by the development of MEK inhibitor (MEKi) resistance. METHODS: We have generated in vitro and in vivo different CRC models in order to underline the mechanisms of MEKi resistance. RESULTS: The three different in vitro MEKi resistant models, two generated by

View details →DOI: 10.1186/s13046-019-1497-0Cited by 39
Replication FailureMedicine

Abstract S4-2: First Efficacy Results of a Randomized, Open-Label, Phase III Study of Adjuvant Doxorubicin Plus Cyclophosphamide, Followed by Docetaxel with or without Capecitabine, in High-Risk Early Breast Cancer

Joyce O’Shaughnessy, D Paul, Christopher Stokoe et al. · 2010 · Cancer Research

Abstract Background: Combination regimens incorporating anthracyclines and taxanes are among the most effective for EBC and are particularly suitable for pts with high-risk disease. Significant efficacy benefit has been shown in phase III…

View details →DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.sabcs10-s4-2Cited by 39
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Reducing mortality with cotrimoxazole preventive therapy at initiation of antiretroviral therapy in South Africa

Christopher J. Hoffmann, Katherine Fielding, Salome Charalambous et al. · 2010 · AIDS

OBJECTIVE: To assess the effectiveness of cotrimoxazole preventive therapy (CPT) among individuals with CD4 cell count above 200 cells/microl and varying WHO clinical stages in reducing mortality during combination antiretroviral therapy…

View details →DOI: 10.1097/qad.0b013e32833ac6bcCited by 39
Negative / Null Result ReportNeuroscience

Psychologists and psychiatrists serving as expert witnesses in court: what do they know about eyewitness memory?

Annika Melinder, Svein Magnussen · 2014 · Psychology Crime and Law

Expert witnesses have various tasks that frequently include issues of memory. We tested if expert witnesses outperform other practitioners on memory issues of high relevance to clinical practice. We surveyed psychiatrists and psychologists…

View details →DOI: 10.1080/1068316x.2014.915324Cited by 39